Photo: SpaceX launched a new batch of Starlink satellites into orbit: video of the operation (wikimedia.by/SpaceX) Author: Sergey Pyshkin
SpaceX, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, has launched another Starlink satellite into space. This time, 23 satellites were launched into orbit.
This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to the SpaceX Twitter account.
Watch Falcon 9 launch 23 @Starlink satellites to orbit https://t.co/zQqqLw7C8J — SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 7, 2023
Full video of the operation
The Falcon 9 launch vehicle took off from the cosmodrome in Florida at 07:07 Kyiv time.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/iBETMTpR7m — SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 7, 2023
Rocket launch video
The first stage returned to Earth for a vertical landing approximately 8 minutes later at 07:16 and landed on a SpaceX unmanned craft called Just Read the Instructions. The ship is located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida.
Falcon 9's first stage has landed on Just Read the Instructions droneship pic.twitter.com/VG7Vbkzhes — SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 7, 2023
First stage landing
What is Starlink?
Starlink is a satellite internet platform owned by SpaceX. Work on the project began in 2015, and the first test prototype was launched into orbit in 2018.
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